ORLANDO — Dom Stagliano pitched six scoreless innings en route to leading UCF baseball (12-3) to an 8-0 shutout victory over Monmouth on Sunday afternoon at John Euliano Park to secure the series sweep.
The Knights extended their winning streak to six in a row and has outscored its opponents by an impressive, 80-to-10, during the stretch. The shutout marked the Black and Gold’s second of the season, as a trio of pitchers combined to limit the Hawks (4-10) to just five hits on the afternoon.
With 10 hits as a team, the Knights have now recorded double figures in hits in 12 of their 15 games on the season.
The six-game winning streak matches UCF’s high for the season, as it previously won its first six games of the 2025 campaign. During the Black and Gold’s current six-game streak, it has defeated rival South Florida twice (12-1 and 12-2), No. 6 Florida (13-3), and Monmouth three times (17-1, 18-3, 8-0).
Sunday’s victory also ended a stretch of UCF scoring at least 12 runs in five straight games.
Edian Espinal continued his amazing season, going 7-for-11 with a double, five runs scored and two RBI. The junior infielder is now 21-for-38 on the season, good for the sixth best average in the country at .533.
The long ball was prevalent over the weekend with Lex Boedicker and Dylan Kin both hitting a pair and Andrew Williamson also blasting a home run.
Up Next:
The Black and Gold closed a five-game homestand against the Miami Hurricanes on Tuesday and will head to Provo, Utah, to open Big 12 Conference play with a three-game series at BYU. The series will run Thursday (4 p.m.), Friday (5 p.m.) and Saturday (3 p.m.) at Miller Park, marking UCF’s inaugural trip to the Beehive State. All of the games will be streamed by ESPN+.
